From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.228 (C: RGO 6.376.360)
Summary:
Requesting advice on his reflex zenith tube. Regarding progress on 'Standards.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Requesting advice on his reflex zenith tube. Regarding progress on 'Standards.'
Wants one or more of JH's actinometers. Notes his suggestion about the zenith tube.
Regarding experiments on the Mohamet's coffin theory. His son Wilfrid has won a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge.